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Monthly Archives: January 2018
The Girls In the Picture – There Are Lights, There Are Cameras, but Is There Action?
Book Review : The Girls in the Picture By Melanie Benjamin Spoiler Alert! Summary An intimate portrait of the close friendship and powerful creative partnership between two of Hollywood’s earliest female superstars: Frances Marion and Mary Pickford. An enchanting new novel … Continue reading
Posted in grown up books reviewed
Tagged America's royalty, compromises women make to succeed, Douglas Fairbanks, early Hollywood, first royalty of Holywood, Frances Marion, friendship, Grauman's theater, Hollywood 1914, imbalance of power, Mary Pickford, Poor Little Rich Girl, powerful men in Hollywood, pre WWI, sacrifices women make to succeed, scandals in Hollywood, silent films, successful women, talkies, Weinstein, women in Hollywood, WWI
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The Hundredth Queen – Sisterhood Gone Awry
Book Review : The Hundredth Queen By Emily R. King Spoiler Alert! Summary He wanted a warrior queen. He got a revolutionary. As an orphan ward of the Sisterhood, eighteen-year-old Kalinda is destined for nothing more than a life of seclusion … Continue reading
The Curious Affair Of The Witch At Wayside Cross – Is This A Sherlockian Style Mystery?
Book Review : The Curious Affair of The Witch At Wayside Cross From The Casebooks of Jesperson & Lane e-book By Lisa Tuttle Spoiler Alert! Summary The paranormal answer to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Jesperson and Lane are turning the … Continue reading
Posted in grown up books reviewed, young adult book reviews
Tagged Aylmerton, Bulstrode sisters, England, Felix Ott, folklore, folklore of Great Britain, From the Casebooks of Jesperson & Lane, How did Charles Manning die, humorous mysteries, Is there a romance between Jesperson and Lane, John W. Campbell Award winner, Lisa Tuttle, London, Miss Lane, mistaken diagnosis of death, Mr. Jasper Jesperson, paranormal mystery, Reverend Ringer, Sherlock Holmes type of mysteries, Sherlock style mystery, Sherlockian, shrieking pits, The Curious Affair of The Witch At Wayside Cross, Victorian era, witchcraft, witches
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Bride of a Distant Isle – Does It Remind You of a Classic Gothic Novel?
Book Review : Bride of a Distant Isle Daughters of Hampshire By Sandra Byrd Spoiler Alert! Summary Miss Annabel Ashton is a teacher at the Rogers School for Young Ladies in Winchester when she takes a brief visit to her family … Continue reading
Posted in All Time Favorites, grown up books reviewed, romance, young adult book reviews
Tagged 1800's, Annabel Ashton, Bride of a Distant Isle, byronic hero, Captain Dell'Acqua, clean romance, compared to Jane Eyre, cousins, Daughters of Hampshire, Edward Everedge, England, gothic elements, Gothic Romance, Highcliffe, historical fiction, historical romance, illegitimate daughter, madness, Maltese, mental institutions, mystery, Nineteenth century, powerless women, Sandra Byrd, smuggling, Victorian
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Woven – Will It Have You In Stitches?
Book Review : Woven By Michael Jensen & David Powers King Spoiler Alert! Summary Two unlikely allies must journey across a kingdom in the hopes of thwarting death itself. All his life, Nels has wanted to be a knight of the … Continue reading
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